Senoch

Holy Venerable Senoch the Healer was born at Tiffauges in Poitou, of the Taifal people, and was an abbot and hermit in the region of Tours in Gaul, who reposed around 576. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in both the Eastern and Western traditions.

He founded a monastery in 536 at the place now called Saint-⁠Senoch, where there were Roman ruins. He was famed for his austerities: he enclosed himself in a space four feet wide, so narrow that he could not move the lower half of his body, and the people loved him greatly for it. He is said to have healed the sick. He knew Saint Euphronius, bishop of Tours, and his successor Saint Gregory of Tours, who wrote about him.

He is commemorated on 24 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).